Fever

Titus has a fever. It started Saturday as low-grade, but yesterday moved up to 103. He just feels rotten - is so hot, doesn't want to be held, and can't get comfortable. His cry is just pitiful. Fortunately, he slept most of the night, but we were up with him most of it. His breathing was shallow and we kept turning up his oxygen. By this morning, we had him turned up to 2 liters on oxygen - generally, he's on .5 or .75. We've never had him this high at home.

At 5:00am this morning, Becky was ready to take him to the emergency room, but we decided to hold off a bit until Lisa, the day nurse, got there. My concern was they would put her in a room, put him on oxygen and just observe all day whereas with Lisa there, we know that she would watch him all day long. Tucker had a similar fever bug hit last weekend, so who knows, it could be the same thing, but with Titus, we always have to be extra careful.

At lunch time, his fever is down and he's down to 1 liter of oxygen. Lisa and Becky will take care of him all day today, and then Vanessa will be there tonight.

We would appreciate your prayers.